Gary Kowaleski

Clan	Nosferatu
Position	Harpy
Status	6+2+3 (+8)
Domain	Milwaukee, WI
Coterie	???
Society	{{{Society}}}
Path	Humanity 00000
Player	Akira Barnes

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Overview

Alias(es): None Known

Real Name: Probably Gary Kowaleski

Apparent Age: Late 20's? Early 30's?

Concept: Social Nosferatu

Physical description: Gary's Mask appears to be an adult male of indeterminate age, shaved bald and with unremarkable features. He is generally seen wearing a long gray duster with a duct tape "X" on the left shoulder over a black and white hoodie. Occasionally he has been seen wearing other things (including a black pinstriped suit with a tie) but he always wears a pair of black gloves and, most notably, a white feather boa that seems to be his signature piece.

Detailed Status: Acknowledged, Feared, In The Know, Insightful, Resourceful, Well-Connected, *Influential, *Well-Connected, + August, +Dignified, +Respected,

Known History

Gary surfaced several years ago in Connecticut, though was seen extremely rarely topside. In the last few years he's been seen at various gatherings in the Midwest, including the last few Midwinter Galas. He moved to Chicago in 2007, taking the position of Primogen under Prince Tasha X. Since then, Gary has provided a fair amount of assistance to other Midwestern Domains through Influence and personal aid, like serving as Milwaukee's Nosferatu Primogen pro-tem for several Midwinter gatherings. In 2012, he left Chicago for Milwaukee to serve as their actual Primogen. Post Midwinter 2014, following the disappearance of Prince Mathias Warren, Gary claimed Praxis of Milwaukee. In 2015, a year and a half after taking Praxis, Gary was deposed by Prince Pagan, and remained in Milwaukee as their Harpy.

He's been known to be a strong proponent of Humanity and has earned notable success aiding others in regaining their lost Humanity. A known pacifist, Gary avoids violence and tends to vanish in fights, taking non-combatants with him.

Coterie

While nothing official has ever been noted regarding Gary's coterie associations, he was known to spend a great deal of time with Bobby Horsefall and Kate Kennedy-McKenna, prior to Bobby's death and Kate's disappearance.

Allies

Gary is very well-connected within the Nosferatu Clan, and is known to a have close ties with most Camarilla Nosferatu - notably Cock Robin, Bunny, Silhouette, Irina Dobrescu, Jenny Talia, Plaguerat, Vanessa Lee, Tiny, and Lance Richards.

He is known to have quite a few friends in the Camarilla, including a surprising number of Toreador, among them Rachel Dubhan, Lilyan Townsend, Amanda Desrosiers, Harrow, Julian St.John, Masako Hara, Castella Brooks, Ruth Stivaldi, and Xxero - as well as Izarra Getzi, Raphael Carmichael, Rosamund Elise Kingsley, James Abbott, Oliver Freigh, Lena!, Edgar Lockhart, Sonali Kata, Mercy St. Isaac, and many others.

He has also frequently been seen in the company of Luni the Wise, Pagan, Shane Masters, Luc Menhir, Blood Rat, and other members of the Domain of Milwaukee.

The list of Gary's allies that are dead or missing is quite long, as it is with most Kindred that exist for any number of years. Some of them include Adrian Serra, Bolt, Chantel Rousseau, Charlotte Creed, Ellenor Dears, Francis Merivein, Hazar al-Qasem, Ilera Parker, Isabella Rodriguez, James Hawthorne, Julianna Kronnin Ward, Katherine Zilthai, Leyla Hunter, Marli Giovanni, Matthias Blackstone, Michael Basil Giovanni, Milos, Saul Good, Rachel Waynewright, Severin Delacroix, Simone Randel, Victoria Hunter, William Dunstin, S. J., Zio!, Zphonco Davinovich, and many others.

Enemies

None known. There's probably some though.

Sire

Unknown.

Childer

Several young Nosferatu have been under Gary's Accounting, but he is not known to have Embraced any of them.

Lazarus, Gary's Ghouled bat, is his oldest companion.

Recently, it has become known that his Childe Luvia has been Acknowledged.

Broodmates

None Known.

Character Inspirations

Leon (The Professional). Garrett (Thief: The Dark Project). Malcolm Crowe (The Sixth Sense). Bruce Banner (The Incredible Hulk). Memphis Raines (Gone in Sixty Seconds). The Phantom (Phantom of the Opera). Peter Parker (Spider-Man). Harry Goldfarb (Requiem For A Dream). Mr. Wall (Dark City). The Vore (The Beastmaster).

Soundtrack

After The Flesh - My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult
Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash
Forty-Six & 2 - TOOL
Mutate - Battery
Word and Deed - Null Device
Reprehensible - They Might Be Giants
Rhyme of the Nibelung - MC Frontalot
This Hideous Strength - Battery
Unhappy - Lincoln
The Sad Truth - Null Device

Quotes

"No, I'm not really wearing pants. I'm tricking your mind into BELIEVING I am."
"I know a guy."

Rumors

Gary has a rock dragon baby that he adopted in Kenosha.
Gary used to be a thief and drug dealer, but found Jesus and turned his life around, so to speak.
Gary had bizarre physical changes after the Embrace, and can't wear normal clothes anymore.
Gary has adopted the kittens left by Bethany Nevermore when she died.
Gary is a nudist, and does not wear clothes if he doesn't have to.
Gary is not only a pacifist, but in fact petrified by the thought of fighting.
Gary is a former hitman who is attempting to make up for his past misdeeds.
Gary is agoraphobic, and gets nervous around large crowds.
Gary is a party animal, and goes to every large gathering he can attend.
Gary wears a feather boa to watch Malkavians make a game from gathering feathers that fall from it.
Gary loves him some pretty music in pretty buildings.